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A D Lacaille etc.The Antiquaries Journal, Being the Journal of The Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume XXXIV, 1954, Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. January, April, July and October 1954London, Glasgow etc. Oxford University Press; Geoffrey Cumberlege 1954 No ISBN First Edition Hardcover Near Fine Condition No Dust Jacket Clean firm brown covers with gilt lettering on the spine, sound binding, clean pages. Many black and white illustrations including fold-out plans and diagrams. Contents include: Palaeoliths from the lower reaches of the Bristol Avon by A D Lacaille; The excavation of a Roman barrow at Riseholme, near Lincoln by F H Thompson; A Carolingian rock crystal from the Abbey of Saint-Denis at the British Museum by Compte Blaise de Montesquiou-Ferensac; Rhodes and the origin of the bastion by B H St. J O'Neil; The plan of the Abbey Church of the Benedictine nunnery of St. Mary, West Malling, Kent by F C Elliston-Erwood; Anniversary Address by Sir James Mann; Durrington Walls, Wiltshire, recent excavations at a ceremonial site of the early second millenium B.C. by J F S Stone, Professor Stuart Piggott, and A St. J Booth; Flint Implements from Gloucestershire by Mrs E M Clifford, Dr. D A E Garrod and H S Gracie; A glass bowl of Dark Age date and some medieval grave-finds from Shaftesbury Abbey by D B Harden; The end of mid-Anglian paganism and the Tribal Hidage by E Thurlow Leeds; Two Saxon Urns from Ickwell Bury, Beds., and the Saxon penetration of the Eastern Midlands by J N L Myres; The use of blue slate for roofing in medieval England by E M Jope and G C Dunning; A Romano-British pottery kiln at Weston Favell, near Northampton by Brian Bunch and Philip Corder etc. 306 pages. No dust jacket, as published. Privately bound with plate for The Library of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society and Withdrawn stamp.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40118011162. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.. Hardcover
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24.60 GBP

A J Taylor; G C Boon; Brian Hobley & John Schofield; Lord Fletcher & Lt-Col G W Meates; Philip L Armitage & John A Goodall; H C Bowen & I F Smith; etc.The Antiquaries Journal, Being the Journal of The Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume LVII, 1977, Parts I and IILondon, Glasgow etc. Oxford University Press 1977 No ISBN First Edition Hardcover Very Good Condition No Dust Jacket Firm brown covers with gilt lettering on the spine, sound binding, clean pages. Many black and white illustrations including fold-out plans and diagrams. Contents include: Anniversary Address by A J Taylor; A Greco-Roman Anchor-Stock from North Wales by G C Boon; Excavations in the City of London - First Interim report 1974-1975 by Brian Hobley & John Schofield; The Ruined Church of Stone-by-Faversham - Second Report by Lord Fletcher & Lt-Col G W Meates; Medieval Horned and Polled Sheep - The Archaeological and Iconographic Evidence by Philip L Armitage & John A Goodall; Sarsen Stones in Wessex - The Society's First Investigations in the Evolution of the Landscape Project by H C Bowen & I F Smith; The Excavation of a Multiple Round Barrow at Barnack Cambridgeshire 1974-1976 by Peter Donaldson, with notes by I A Kinnes & Calvin Wells; Excavations at Carthage 1976 - Third Interim Report by Henry Hurst; Recent Discoveries of Roman Amphora Kilns in Italy by D P S Peacock; The Roman Pewter-Moulds from Silchester by Thomas Blagg & Susan Read; The Early Building-History of St Andrews Cathedral Fife and its Context in Northern Transitional Architecture by Eric Cambridge; The Incised Architectural Drawings of Trogir Cathedral by Sheila Gibson & Bryan Ward-Perkins; etc. 455 pages. No dust jacket, as published. Privately bound with plate for The Library of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society and Withdrawn stamp.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40118021069. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.. Hardcover
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15.20 GBP

A J Taylor; R W Dennell; William J Britnell; A W G Lowther; K S Painter; Warwick Rodwell; Fritz Eckhart Barth & Frank Roy Hodson; Henry Hurst; etc.The Antiquaries Journal, Being the Journal of The Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume LVI, 1976, Parts I and IILondon, Glasgow etc. Oxford University Press 1976 No ISBN First Edition Hardcover Very Good Condition No Dust Jacket Firm brown covers with gilt lettering on the spine, sound binding, clean pages. Many black and white illustrations including fold-out plans and diagrams. Contents include: Anniversary Address by A J Taylor; Prehistoric Crop Cultivation in Southern England - a reconsideration by R W Dennell; Antler Cheekpieces of the British Late Bronze Age by William J Britnell; Romano-British Chimney-Pots and Finials by A W G Lowther; The Design of the Roman Mosaic at Hinton St Mary by K S Painter; The Archaeological Investigation of Hadstock Church Essex - an interim report by Warwick Rodwell; The Hallstatt Cemetery and its Documentation - some new evidence by Fritz Eckhart Barth & Frank Roy Hodson; Excavations at Carthage 1975 - Second Interim Report by Henry Hurst; Danebury Hampshire - second interim report on the excavations 1971-5 by Barry Cunliffe; La Tene Burials between Burton Fleming and Rudston North Humberside by I M Stead; The Location and Relationship of the Sancton Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries by Margaret Lindsay Faull; etc. 381 pages. No dust jacket, as published. Privately bound with plate for The Library of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society and Withdrawn stamp.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40118021068. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.. Hardcover
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15.20 GBP

A W StreaneThe Age of the Maccabees, with Special Reference to the Religious Literature of the PeriodLondon, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Melbourne, Sydney, New York Eyre & Spottiswoode 1898 No ISBN First Edition Hardcover Good Condition No Dust Jacket Dark blue covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, lightly marked spine, bumped spine-ends, lightly rubbed corners, red block edges, sound blinding, clean pages. Ex-library book from Lincoln Cathedral and the Sibthorpe Library with bookplate and date-sheet with withdrawn stamps at front, library stamps on the reverse of the title-page and in the lower margin on page 17. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 72112060132. Hardcover
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9.00 GBP

Andrew MylneExercises on the Histories of Greece and Rome; Containing a Regular Series of Questions on all the Important Facts of Both Histories, Chiefly Taken from Robertson's Greece and Goldsmith's RomeEdinburgh, London and Glasgow William Blackwood, and Oliver and Boyd; also sold be T Cadell and W Davies, and G and W B Whittaker and W Turnbull 1820 No ISBN The Fourth Edition, Improved Hardcover Fair Condition No Dust Jacket Small leather-bound volume with two separate parts and a chronological table but with continuous pagination. The author, Andrew Mylne, also wrote "Epitome of English Grammar", "Outlines of Modern Geography" and Exercises on the History of England" -seemingly a series of early 19th century text books. Both of the leather covers are detached, are lightly marked and rubbed around the edges with worn corners, there is wear at spine-ends and dulled gilt lettering on the spine. End-papers and title-page are darkened around edges, internal binding is sound, pages are clean. 132 pages. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500g. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40213080115. Hardcover
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209.00 GBP

Barrie Cunliffe etc.The Antiquaries Journal, Being the Journal of The Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume XLIII, 1963, Parts I and IIGlasgow etc. Oxford University Press 1963 No ISBN First Edition Hardcover Near Fine Condition No Dust Jacket Clean firm brown covers with gilt lettering on the spine, sound binding, clean pages. Many black and white illustrations including fold-out plans and diagrams. Contents include: Excavations at Fishbourne, 1962, Second Interim Report by Barry Cunliffe; Cirencester 1962, Third Interim Report by John S Watcher; A British Bronze Bowl of the Belgic Iron Age from Poland by J V S Megaw; Sugar-Loaf Sheild Bosses by Vera I Evison; William Morris and theKelmscott Estate by A R Dufty; Anniversary Address by Dr. Joan Evans; Three Grinding Stones by A D Lascaille; The Excavation of the Roman Earthwork at Winterslow, Wilts by Mrs F de M Vatcher; Central Gaulish Samian Mould Fragments by A P Detsicas; Excavations at Porchester Castle, Hants by Barry Cunliffe; The Romano-British Shrines at Brigstock, Northants by Ernest Greenfield; Statuettes of Horsement and Horses and Other Votive Objects from Brigstock, Northants by M V Taylor; The Rarly Romanesque Tower at Restenneth Priory, Angus by Dr W Douglas Simpson; An English Alabaster at Muret, Haute-Garonne by Joan Evans etc. 372 pages. No dust jacket, as published. Privately bound with plate for The Library of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society and Withdrawn stamp.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40118011167. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.. Hardcover
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13.20 GBP

Barrie Cunliffe etc.The Antiquaries Journal, Being the Journal of The Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume XLIV, 1964, Parts I and IIGlasgow etc. Oxford University Press 1964 No ISBN First Edition Hardcover Near Fine Condition No Dust Jacket Clean firm brown covers with gilt lettering on the spine, sound binding, clean pages. Many black and white illustrations including fold-out plans and diagrams. Contents include: Excavations at Fishbourne 1963, Third Interim Report by Barry Cunliffe; Cirencester 1963, Fourth Interim Report by John S Wacher; Villages in Roman Britain, some evidence by S J Hallam; Turris Fortissima, a Baroque design and drawing by John Talman by S Rowland Pierce; A Mill Pivot from Silchester by W H Manning; The Old Deanery, Salisbury by N Drinkwater; Anniversary Address by Joan Evans; Excavations at Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire 1957 by John S Wacher; A Graeco-Egyptian Amulet from a Romano-British Site at Welwyn, Herts by R P Wright; The Potter Petrecvs and his Connexions by G B Dannell; A Samian Bowl by the Potter Belsa and an Arrentine Vessel, from Canterbury, by A P Detsicas; Central Gaulish Samian Mould Fragments II by A P Detsicas; The Medieval Borough of Torksey, Lincolnshire - Excavations1960-2 by M W Barley; Excavations at Winchester 1962-3 by Martin BBiddle; The Remains of the Cathedral of Bishop Jocelin at Glasgow (c. 1197) by C A R Radford and E L G Stones; A Drawing for a Thames Embankment after the Great Fire 1666 by Robert Hooke by S Rowland Piers; etc. 318 pages. No dust jacket, as published. Privately bound with plate for The Library of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society and Withdrawn stamp.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40118011168. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.. Hardcover
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Barry Cunliffe; Leslie Alcock; D A White; Charles Daniels; Barry M Marsden; Joan J Taylor; etc.The Antiquaries Journal, Being the Journal of The Society of Antiquaries of London, Volume L, 1970, Parts I and IILondon, Glasgow etc. Oxford University Press 1970 No ISBN First Edition Hardcover Very Good Condition No Dust Jacket Firm brown covers with gilt lettering on the spine, sound binding, clean pages. Many black and white illustrations including fold-out plans and diagrams. Contents include: A Bronze Age Settlement at Chalton Hants (Site 78) by Barry Cunliffe; Excavations at South Cadbury Castle 1969 - A Summary Report by Leslie Alcock; The Excavation of an Iron Age Round Barrow near Handley Dorset 1969 by D A White; The Garamantes of Fezzan - Excavations on Zinchecra 1965-7 by Charles Daniels; The Saxon Culture-Sequence at Portchester Castle by Barry Cunliffe; Anniversary Address by Prof Francis Wormald; The Excavation of the Bee Low Round Cairn Youlgreave Derbyshire by Barry M Marsden; The Recent Discovery of Gold Pins in the Ridgeway Gold Pommel by Joan J Taylor; Dragonby - An Interim Report on Excavations on an Iron Age and Romano-British Site near Scunthorpe Lincolnshire 1964-9 by Jeffrey May; Excavations at Owlesbury Hants - A Second Interim Report by J R Collis Some Romano-Saxon Pottery from Essex by Warwick Rodwell; Excavations at Winchester 1969 - Eighth Interim Report by Martin Biddle; Decorated Window-Glass and Millefiori from Monkwearmouth by Rosemary Cramp; etc. 438 pages. No dust jacket, as published. Privately bound with plate for The Library of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society and Withdrawn stamp.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40118021059. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.. Hardcover
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15.20 GBP

Blake, S T & Saville, A (ed)Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society for 1987, Volume 105Bristol The Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 1988 0900197250 / 9780900197253 First Edition Softcover Very Good Condition No Dust Jacket 9.5" x 7.5" approx Previous owner's name on upper corner of front cover. Contents include: Gloucestershire records - the clerks and custodians, by Brian S Smith; Sea Mills, Bristol - the 1965-1968 excavations in the Roman town of Abonae, by Peter Ellis; The Gloucestershire section of the Domesday Book - geographical problems of the text, part 1, by John S Moore; A dendrochronological analysis of oak timbers from the early medieval site at Dundas Wharf, Bristol, by Rebecca A Nicholson & Jennifer Hillam; Excavation of a medieval earthwork complex at Hillesley, Hawkesbury, Avon, by Bruce Williams; The rise and fall of a medieval village - Little Aston (in Aston Blank), Gloucestershire, by Christopher Dyer; A service for the dead - the form and function of the anniversary in late medieval Bristol, by Clive Burgess; A Civil War coin from Weston-sub-Edge, Gloucestershire, by Nicholas Mayhew & David Viner; Christopher Thomas & Brothers Ltd - the last Bristol soapmakers. An aspect of Bristol's economic development in the nineteenth century, by S J Diaper; Notes, Reviews, etc. Size: 9.5" x 7.5" approx. Crisp clean covers, tight binding, clean pages and inside covers. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 0900197250. ISBN/EAN: 9780900197253. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51716112051. Paperback
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